Dogecoin, the Cryptocurrency Based on a Meme is Now Worth $1 Billion 2017 sawcryptocurrenciesreach all time new heights of valuation, with Bitcoin gaining so much popularity, it’s nowbeing tradedin the market. We’re in 2018 now, and it looks like cryptocurrencies aren’t about to go anywhere anytime soon. It also looks like people will just about invest in anything that has the word ‘cryptocurrency’ or ‘blockchain’ appended to it. Case in point: Dogecoin....

Intel Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities After the worldwide panic created by the revelation of key vulnerabilities in most modern CPUs, it was natural that companies would face backlash from irate customers and interested parties. Intel, alongside Google, Microsoft and Apple, was quick to announce the rollout of remedial updates to plug the hole, buttrouble has come knocking in the form of class action lawsuits in the US....

Alexa Will Soon Be Able to Control Microwaves “Alexa, defrost three pounds of chicken!” Yes, if you own a smart microwave, you might soon be able to use such commands and get the virtual assistant to help you with kitchen chores and cooking. The company has announced thatit is adding the support for controlling smart microwaves and ovento Alexa. The addition of cooking skill to its list ofSmart SkillsAPI will initially play itself out on microwaves....

Toshiba Introduces Symbio, a 6-in-1 Smart Home Hub With Alexa Integration By the time you finish reading this piece, another set of smart speakers might just have hit the market. That’s how quickly this segment is growing. Google and Amazon have a head-start over the major competition, and that’s largely due to their software advances in this field, in addition to the amazing new hardware. And now, Toshiba has thrown its hat into the ring, by using Amazon’s Alexa as a crutch....

Windows 10 Insider Update Bug Makes Entering Mobile Number Mandatory For quite some time, Microsoft has been buckling up for tighter security on its Windows platform. Whether it’s limiting installations to Store-only downloads inWindows 10 Sor letting users tinker with the privacy permissions for access to the camera, microphone or location in the recent builds. In what might be an even more questionable move, Microsoft is nowdenying access to the latest Insider build update without your mobile number....

25 Best Gadgets of 2017: Beebom’s Picks Every year, a plethora of new gadgets are launched. With advancements being made in the field of technology every day, each upcoming device carries something new and something unique. This year, we saw loads of unique and interesting gadgets rise up to the surface. But then again, not all of them were great. The entire team at Beebom got together to come up with a list of some of the best gadgets of the year, that rightfully deserved the limelight that they got....

7 Best Hardware Bitcoin Wallets You Can Buy With cryptocurrency prices going through the roof, more and more people are starting toinvest in digital assetslike Bitcoins and Ethereum. Centrals Banks areissuing warningsabout an impendingBitcoin bubble, but that doesn’t seem to be putting a damper on anyone’s enthusiasm about this newfound asset class. So if you want to get in on the act as well, the first thing you’ll have to do isset up a Bitcoin Wallet to store your digital cash....